O’Brien homers again in another SI loss

Triple-A Empire State (5-1 win over Buffalo)
RF Chris Dickerson: 1-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 SB
2B Corban Joseph & C Frankie Cervelli: both 1-4 — CoJo drove in a run and walked … Cervelli stole a base and struck out
SS Eduardo Nunez: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB — five straight exactly-one-hit games
LF Ronnie Mustelier: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — ten hits in his last 39 at-bats (.256), but three doubles and a homer
3B Brandon Laird: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B,1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — his 14th homer puts him two behind last year’s pace in 24 fewer at-bats
CF Melky Mesa: 0-4, 1 K
1B Kosuke Fukudome: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
DH Darnell McDonald: 1-3, 1 BB, 2 K
LHP Justin Thomas: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 4/1 GB/FB — 49 of 76 pitches were strikes (65%)
RHP Kelvin Perez: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 5/0 GB/FB — 20 of 27 pitches were strikes (74%) … he’ll be a minor league free agent after the season and seems to be on the keep/let go bubble
RHP Preston Claiborne: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 17 of 26 pitches were strikes (65%)

Double-A Trenton (5-4 loss to Altoona)
CF Abe Almonte: 1-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
2B Jose Pirela: 0-3, 2 BB, 1 K
DH Zoilo Almonte: 2-5, 1 R, 2 K — 12 hits in his last 38 at-bats (.316) with three doubles and four homers
1B Luke Murton: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 HBP
SS Addison Maruszak: 0-5, 1 K
RF Adonis Garcia: 2-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 1 HBP
3B Kevin Mahoney: 3-4 — had just one hit in his previous 33 at-bats (.303)
C J.R. Murphy: 1-2, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB — only six hits in his last 30 at-bats (.100), but five are doubles
LF Rob Segedin: 0-4
RHP Brett Marshall: 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 6/4 GB/FB — 53 of 88 pitches were strikes (60%) … 5.5 K/9 in the first half, 8.3 K/9 in the second half
RHP Mark Montgomery: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 WP, 1 Balk, 1 HB, 1/4 GB/FB — 23 of 38 pitches were strikes (61%) … ball just wasn’t going where he wanted it to, I guess

High-A Tampa (6-2 loss to Brevard County)
LF Ramon Flores: 0-3, 1 RBI — threw a runner out at first, must have been one hell of a play
CF Slade Heathcott: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K — starting to play the field a little more regularly
1B Tyler Austin: 2-4, 1 2B
DH Gary Sanchez: 1-3, 1 RBI — starting to click at this level
3B Zach Wilson: 1-4
C Kyle Higashioka & RF Kelvin DeLeon: both 0-4 — Higgy struck out once, DeLeon twice
SS Jose Mojica: 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB
2B Jose Toussen: 1-3, 1 R, 1 K
RHP Shane Greene: 1 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB
LHP Rigoberto Arrebato: 3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 2 HB, 1/2 GB/FB — 56/27 K/BB in 55.2 IP
LHP Jeremy Bleich: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/2 GB/FB
RHP Branden Pinder: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 2/1 GB/FB — 62/24 K/BB in 61 IP

Low-A Charleston Game One (2-0 loss to Hagerstown in six innings) the game was completed early due to the weather
2B Ali Castillo: 3-3, 1 2B — got picked off first base twice
SS Cito Culver: 1-3, 1 K — got picked off first
LF Cody Grice: 1-1, 1 HBP
Everyone Else: combined 0-10, 3 BB, 2 K — the walks were drawn by RF Rob Refsnyder, 3B Dante Bichette Jr., and 1B Casey Stevenson
RHP Bryan Mitchell: 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 4/1 GB/FB — 49 of 87 pitches were strikes (56%) … 106/68 K/BB in 102 IP
RHP Scottie Allen: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — seven of nine pitches were strikes
RHP John Brebbia: 0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K — nine of 12 pitches were strikes

Low-A Charleston Game Two was cancelled due to rain. They won’t make this one up.

Short Season Staten Island (6-3 loss to Tri-City)
LF Taylor Dugas: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
DH Claudio Custodio: 2-5
1B Matt Snyder: 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB
CF Ravel Santana: 0-4, 3 K — 47 strikeouts in 162 plate appearances (29.0%)
C Peter O’Brien: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 CS — wrist seems healthy, that’s his third homer in his last five games
3B Matt Duran & SS Jose Rosario: both 0-3, 1 BB — Duran struck out … Rosario stole a base
2B Jamiel Orozco: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B
RF Danny Lopez: 0-4, 1 K
LHP Evan Rutckyj: 5 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 3/6 GB/FB — picked a runner off first
RHP Mariel Checo: 2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/0 GB/FB
LHP Dietrich Enns: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1/0 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks (8-7 loss to GCL Tigers)
2B Jake Anderson & 3B Miguel Andujar: both 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB — Anderson doubled and struck out three times … Andujar struck out once
CF Mikeson Oliberto: 2-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 CS, 1 HBP — six hits in his last 15 at-bats (.400)
1B Greg Bird: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K — Bubba Jones replaced him in the seventh and singled in one of his two at-bats
DH Ericson Leonora: 2-5, 1 R, 2 K
RF Yeicok Calderon: 0-2, 1 RBI — replaced in the sixth inning for an unknown reason … Jorge Alcantara took his spot and struck out in one of his two at-bats
SS Austin Aune: 3-4, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 3 E (throwing, two fielding) — four of his last five hits have been doubles
LF Nathan Mikolas: 0-2, 1 R, 1 K, 2 HBP — got picked off first
C Eduardo DeOleo: 1-3, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 CS, 1 E (throwing)
RHP Luis Niebla: 2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 3/2 GB/FB
RHP Kenedy Agramonte: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 17/3 K/BB in 12.1 IP
LHP Caleb Frare: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 2/3 GB/FB — picked two runners off first
RHP Cesar Vargas: 3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 4/0 GB/FB